Computer Architecture: From Microprocessors to Supercomputers (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

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Computer Architecture: From Microprocessors to Supercomputers provides a comprehensive introduction to this thriving and exciting field. Emphasizing both underlying theory and actual designs, the book covers a wide array of topics and links computer architecture to other subfields of computing. The material is presented in lecture-sized chapters that make it easy for students to understand the relationships between various topics and to see the "big picture." The short chapters also allow instructors to order topics in the course as they like.The text is divided into seven parts, each containing four chapters. Part I provides context and reviews prerequisite topics including digital compute…